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ARCHIVES : CONCERTS 2007
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Erhebt die Stimme, for mixed choir a cappella, M. 596 (1998)
Divertimento
Vocale, conducted by
Caroline Charrière
with works by Swiss composers
Émergences for violin and
accordion, M. 652 (2006)
Soyons (Ardèche, France), Church – Sunday, March
18th, 2007, 6 pm
Saint-Raphaël (Var, France), Auditorium of the
Congresses Palace – Tuesday, March 20th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Vaudricourt (near Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, France), Espace Agrestis – Thursday, April
5th, 2007
Les Espaces Insoupçonnés, for solo cello, M. 653 (2006)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE
On the occasion of
the concert tour of the Cello-Wasser-Klang-Bilder project
with works by Bach and Ibert, as
well as improvisations by A. Roman
Basel, Open Church St. Elisabethen – Thursday, March 22nd, 2007, 7.30 pm
Zurich, Church St. Jakob am
Stauffacher – Friday, March 23rd, 2007, 8 pm
Lausanne, Beaulieu Theater – Saturday, March 31st, 2007, 9 pm
Les Espaces Insoupçonnés, for solo cello, M. 653 (2006)
With works by Bach, Berio,
Henze, Ibert and Wildberger, as well as improvisations by A. Roman
Assisi (Italy), Saint Francis Basilica and other churches – From Thursday, April 5th to Saturday, April 14th,
2007
Le Tombeau de Ravel, for ensemble,
M. 654 (2006)
« Danses Suisses » (Swiss
Dances) for four-handed piano, M. 635 (2003-4)
Complainte for solo violin, M. 633 (2003)
Duo for violin and alto saxophone, M. 540
(1996)
Al cor di zolfo…, for low voice, M.
559 (1997)
Lied
for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)
During the
workshops of contemporary music of the High School of Music of Fribourg
Professional students of the High School
of Music of Fribourg (for the Tombeau de Ravel :
Marie-Odile Hormière,
basset horn, Lise Kolly, bassoon, Damaris
Genin, violin, Pierre-Bernard Sudan, cello, Hervé
Dubois, guitar, Céline Bouzenada, piano, Cédric Jeanneret,
percussion ; for the Danses Suisses :
Alexandre Rion and Raphaël Sudan, piano ; for
the Complainte : György
Zerkula, violin ; for the Duo for violin and
saxophone : Ronny Spiegel, violin and Sylvain Coquoz, saxophone ; for
Al cor di zolfo… :
Jean-Louis Raemy, baritone, Jean-Claude Charrez,
piano ; for the Lied : Roland Bärtschi, clarinet, Etienne Murith,
piano)
With works by Caroline Charrière and Benedikt Hayoz
Fribourg, Great Hall of the High School of Music – Monday, April
23rd, 2007, 8 pm
Suite for three flutes, M. 649 (2005-6)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE
Ordered by the
ensemble Les Chemins de Traverse
Les Chemins de Traverse (Barbara Minder,
Isaline Dupraz and Matthieu Amiguet, flutes)
With works by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Chapman, Devienne, Jacob, Rossignol and Tcherepnin
More details on the website of the Chemins de Traverse
Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Salle des Pasteurs (rue de la Collégiale 3) – Monday, April 23rd, 2007, 8 pm
Schliern bei Köniz (Switzerland), Kirchliches Zentrum Murrihuus (Muhlernstrasse 230) – Saturday, April 28th,
2007, 8 pm
La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), Saint-Pierre
Church (rue de la Chapelle
7), during the Chapel
Concerts – Sunday, April
29th 2007, 5 pm
Déploration for
piano, M. 621 (2001)
With works by Holliger, Kelterborn, Moser and Piller
Le Tombeau de Ravel, for ensemble, M. 654 (2006)
Compagnie CH.AU (Virginie Falquet, piano,
Laurent Estoppey, saxophone, Ludovic Thirvaudey, bassoon,
Valérie Bernard, violin, Aurélien Ferrette,
cello, Antonio Albanese, guitar,
Peter Baumann, percussion)
Together with
the other works first performed during the project inspired by the Tombeau de Couperin by Ravel, by Caroline Charrière, Rico Gubler, Francisco Huguet,
Rodolphe Schacher and Dragos
Tara, as well as the work by Ravel
Vevey, Théâtre de l’Oriental – Monday, May 28th,
2007, 1 pm
Les Espaces Insoupçonnés, for solo cello, M. 653 (2006)
On the occasion of
the concert tour of the Cello-Wasser-Klang-Bilder project
with works by Bach and Ibert, as
well as improvisations by A. Roman
Chur, Studio 10 (Rabengasse 10) – Friday, June 8th, 2007, 8 pm
St. Moritz, Concert Hall of the Chesa da Cultura (Via Dimlej 44) – Saturday,
June 9th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Trio for flute, viola and harp, M. 569 (1997/9)
with
works by Debussy, Jolivet and Zbinden
Adagio for
violin and organ, M. 473 (1993)
Les Diablerets, Protestant Church of Vers-l’Église
– Saturday, July 14th, 2007, 6
pm
Montana, Protestant Church – Sunday, July 15th, 2007, 6 pm
Émergences for violin and
accordion, M. 652 (2006)
During the Festival
Musicalta
with
works by Bach, Bartok, Bloch, Contet, Finzi, Léandre, Piazzolla, Vivaldi and Ysaÿe
Hattstatt (Haut-Rhin, France), Sainte Colombe Church – Friday, August 3rd,
2007, 8.30 pm
Les Espaces Insoupçonnés, for solo cello, M. 653 (2006)
with works by Bach, Camidge and
Wesley (with Jörg
Perron, organ)
Ramosch (Engadin, Switzerland), Church – Friday, August 10th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Cyprès (Cypress), for
string quartet, M. 660 (2007)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE
During the
Ljubljana Festival
With the first complete first
performance of the 18 songs of the song cycle « Cypresses » by Dvorak
(with Johannes
Kalpers, tenor, Martin Bruns,
baritone and Andreas Frese, piano), and the adaptations for string quartet of 12 of
these songs by Dvorak himself
Ljubljana (Slovenia), Stanovska dvorana Hall of the Ljubljana Castle – Tuesday, August 14th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)
During the 15th Schubertiade
organised by the French-speaking Swiss Broadcasting Espace
2
Laurent
Estoppey, saxophone, and Virginie Falquet, piano
Fribourg, Gutenberg Museum – Saturday, September 1st,
2007, 10.30 am
Fribourg, Salle de la Lenda – Saturday,
September 1st, 2007, 5 pm
Elogio della Notte, on texts by Michelangelo, M. 549 (1997)
During the 15th Schubertiade
organised by the French-speaking Swiss Broadcasting Espace
2
With works by Reutter and
Wolf, on texts by Michelangelo, as well as Lieder by Schumann
Fribourg, Salle de la Lenda – Saturday,
September 1st, 2007, 3.30 pm
Fribourg, Providence Chapel – Saturday, September 1st,
2007, 6 pm
« Danses Suisses » (Swiss Dances) for four-handed piano, M. 635
(2003-4)
During the 15th Schubertiade
organised by the French-speaking Swiss Broadcasting Espace
2
Jérôme Kuhn and Pierre-Fabien Roubaty
With works by Caroline Charrière, Dmitri Shostakovich
and Alicia Terzian
Fribourg, Salle de la Lenda – Saturday,
September 1st, 2007, 0.30 pm
Fribourg, General Council Hall – Saturday, September 1st,
2007, 6 pm
Erhebt die Stimme, for mixed choir a cappella, M. 596 (1998)
During the 15th Schubertiade
organised by the French-speaking Swiss Broadcasting Espace
2
Divertimento
Vocale, conducted by
Caroline Charrière
with
works by Swiss composers
Fribourg, Cordeliers Church – Sunday, September 2nd, 2007,
5.30 pm
Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)
Laurent
Estoppey, saxophone, and Virginie Falquet, piano
Vevey, Foyer de l’ASLN (rue de l’Hôtel
de Ville 1) – Wednesday, September 5th, 2007, 8.15 pm
Lacrimosa, for orchestra, M.
458 (1990, rev. 2006)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE OF THE REVISED VERSION
With works by Chapuis, Denéréaz
and Rachmaninoff
A recording on CD shall be made for Gallo
Émergences for violin and
accordion, M. 652 (2006)
Brive la Gaillarde (France),
Municipal Theatre – Friday, October 5th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Soliloque for solo violin, M.
585 (1998)
On the occasion of a concert tour in San Francisco
Pittsburg, San Francisco (California), Los Medanos
College – Tuesday, October 16th,
2007, 0.45 pm
Moraga, San Francisco (California), Saint Mary’s College – Wednesday, October 17th, 2007, 8 pm
Stockton (California), University of the Pacific – Friday, October 19th, 2007, 2 pm
Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)
Philippe
Savoy, saxophone, and Juan David Molano, piano
Carouge (Geneva, Switzerland), Robert Dunand Hall – Wednesday,
October 17th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Manizales (Colombia), Auditorium of the National University of Colombia,
Campus of Palogrande – Tuesday, October 23rd,
2007, 7 pm
Bogotá (Colombia), Centro Cultural Gabriel de Betancourt – Thursday,
October 25th, 2007, 5.30 pm
Corpataux (Fribourg, Switzerland), Church – Thursday, November 1st,
2007, 8 pm
Cloches du Crépuscule et de l’Aube, for carillon, M. 657 (2007)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE
With works from different centuries and
the first performance of a work by Lionel Chapuis
Gruyères, Switzerland, Church – Saturday,
October 27th, 2007, around 5 pm
Suite for three flutes, M. 649 (2005-6)
Les Chemins de Traverse (Barbara Minder, Isaline Dupraz and
Matthieu Amiguet, flutes)
With works by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Chapman, Devienne, Jacob, Rossignol and Tcherepnin
More details on the website of the Chemins de Traverse
Geneva, Lutheran Church (Rue Verdaine 20 /
Bourg-de-Four) – Friday, November 9th, 2007, 6.30 pm – During the « Concerts for peace » organized
by « Musique et Vie » on the occasion of the 300th anniversary
of the Lutheran Church of Geneva
Fribourg, Centre le Phénix (Rue des Alpes 7) – Saturday, November 10th, 2007, 8 pm
Lausanne, English Church (Christ Church, Av. de l’Église-Anglaise
1) – Sunday, November 11th, 2007, 5 pm
Le Cocyte, for full
orchestra, M. 603 (1999)
Georgian
National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Nicolas Rauss
With works by Martin, Mozart and Debussy
Lacrimosa, for orchestra, M.
458 (1990, rev. 2006)
Émergences for violin and
accordion, M. 652 (2006)
Saint Lo (France), Roger Ferdinand Theatre – Tuesday,
December 11th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Bourg sur Gironde (France), Castle of the
Citadel – Friday, December 14th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Chatellerault (France), New Theatre – Thursday, December 20th, 2007, 8.30 pm